Letter of the Day: Another speed trap is waste of money

It is great to see SPS decided to kick off 2018 with yet another speed trap at the bottom of the First Avenue exit coming off the Sid Buckwold Bridge during the morning of Jan. 3 and again Jan. 5.

No, I did not get a ticket but seeing half a dozen highly paid professional police officers using their training to tax citizens on their way to work is appalling. Meanwhile downtown Saskatoon is quickly becoming the next shooting location for the upcoming season of AMC’s The Walking Dead. Who needs provincial film tax credits when you can get all your zombie actors for free.

Downtown Saskatoon is witnessing an uptrend in aggressive panhandling, assaults, vandalism and theft. I have worked downtown for over 20 years and this is the absolute worst I have ever seen it. In the last 12 months our office was set on fire, we have had vehicle theft/vandalism and the Saskatoon city police decided to put a bullet through our second story window (no apology yet).

Perhaps the city could direct more police resources into illegal drug activity enforcement rather than tax collection? Bike-Lane Charlie and Chatterbok better wake up, make a plan and clean this mess up before the downtown tax base pulls out.

Kjell Johnston

Saskatoon

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